Quotation from: The Valley of the Moon

Written by: Jack London

From the top of the fence, but too far away to hear, Saxon
watched the colloquy. After several minutes, the lines were
transferred to Billy's neck, the handles to his hands. Then the
team started, and the old man, delivering a rapid fire of
instructions, walked alongside of Billy. When a few turns had
been made, the farmer crossed the plowed strip to Saxon, and
joined her on the rail.